Julia Mancuso speeds down the course on her way to clock the third fastest time during a training session for a women's World Cup downhill race on Feb. 22.

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It used to be that when you skied at Squaw Valley, you headed for a particular lift.

Runs at the Olympic Valley, Calif., ski resort weren't named until a couple of years ago. The legend of the mountain - site of the 1960 Winter Olympics - was such that those who knew where to go did. And those who didn't? Well, good luck to them.